State Act

The Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879

125B. (1) Where the State Government is of the opinion that, - (a) due to the developments taking place in the State, there has come into existence certain areas, where areas have enlarged beyond either the village defined in section 118 or town or city defined in section 126 or combination of both and other areas; (b) entirely new or otherwise hybrid areas comprised of the admixture of rural, semi urban or urban areas have come into existence with or without the violation of the terms and conditions or the restrictions provided for in the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879 and other revenue laws leading to creation of inchoate rights, titles and interests over the lands resulting in the Register of Mutations and the Record of Rights not showing the actual status of the holding of lands, etc. (2) The State Government may, by general or special order, direct the Collector of the concerned district to determine what lands from those included in the site of village, town or the city and others be included in the transitional area and fix the limits of the same. It shall be lawful for the Collector, when so directed by the State Government to determine the same. (3) The Collector shall send a report of the determination and fixation of the limits of such transitional area made by him under sub-section (2), to the State Government for approval.